In 1865 the Confederacy was defeated and slavery ended in the United States. Those enslaved in Indian Territory would have to wait another year for their freedom.
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In 1893, Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. The ramifications of the initial coup still run deep in Hawaiian culture, and, more than a century later, Hawaiians are still trying to find their way forward.
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Every year America celebrates Christopher Columbus and his voyages to the New World. However, his tales of exploration and discovery ignore a dark side of genocide and slavery.
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Trump called it one of the most corrupt places on earth. Could Puerto Rico really join the Union?
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A tale of the mafia, the British military, the Metropolitan Police, and the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla
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Canada is used to its provinces trying to secede, as French-speaking Quebec constantly threatens to go it alone. Economic difficulties and corruption scandals have however begun to push conservative Alberta towards what social media has branded ‘Albexit’.
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The Bolivian Navy boasts around 5,000 sailors. In some indexes it ranks 13th in the world in terms of commissioned naval craft, between the military powers of Turkey and South Korea. Día del Mar, or ‘Day of the Sea’, is held annually on the 23rd of March and is one of Bolivia’s largest national celebrations. Such a fixation with the
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